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Originally Posted by ResidentAtheist
Are you talking to me? well, are you.
The thing with faith is just that, its uncommited devotion to something you can't see, touch, feel, or and most importantly, prove. It requires taking something at face value, judging a book by its cover, believing when all else goes against it.
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Uncommitted devotion? Is that what is referred to as an oxymoron? Faith takes a deep committment, going beyond face value, not judging a book by its cover.
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Originally Posted by ResidentAtheist
And i dont think you can handle the truth mrnumbersman
I don't think your able to look the other way and open up the book, to see that the cover is just that, a cover, which by many rights doesnt give a full picture of the entire book.
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Truth? What is the truth? That you are a devout atheist? That you do not recognize that there is a Supreme Being, God? That science has satisfies all of your answers in a nice neat little package but dismisses major and minor miracles as happenstance? Or maybe that nagging little question of "Why?"
I readily agree that science answers many questions but there are many more that remain.
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Originally Posted by ResidentAtheist
I'm not saying im 100% right my friend. On the spectrum of Strong Atheist and Weak Atheist im more of a moderate atheist, understandable of other peoples faith and beliefs but still ready to defend myself like a fundementalist right zealot against those crazy religious, hooligans.
Your free to your belief my friend, just don't expect me to back down so easily when you try and prove your god with circular reasoning or by saying he doesnt need explanation, that he just is. You offer up faith, i offer up facts and proof.
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Circular reasoning? I'm not into trying to prove my faith to you. Or trying to prove God exists. You want to find out for yourself then you will. You have questions then you know where to look. You want an argument, you have come to the right place. But not with me. No one has ever been argued into faith. Even the Apostle Paul on the road to Damascus found out and it was not by argument.